A Closer Look at Faith in "Young Goodman Brown"
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "Young Goodman Brown," the reader is introduced to a young Puritan man drawn into an agreement with the devil that suspiciously looks like an older version of Goodman Brown. Brown's feelings for the integrity of the townspeople and his wife Faith are unexpectedly crushed when he finds them all attending a Black Mass after he journeys into a dark, desolate forest disregarding his wife's plead to stay. Although one may never figure out whether or not Brown's journey was reality or nightmare, the results are nonetheless the same. For the rest of his life, Goodman Brown is unable to excuse the possibility of the evilness of the ones he knows and loves, therefore living a life of despair and solitude (Hawthorne 920-929). Throughout the short story, one may recognize that the primary theme of the tale is one of faith, or the loss of faith that Brown deals with. If a reader takes a closer look at......

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Title: Young Goodman Brown
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